Better blooms in lower vs. higher light

[MateoinLosAngeles]

I thought we could open a thread to discuss which plants we've found to bloom significantly better under either lower or higher than recommended light.

I'll start with a few:

- Ponerorchis enomotoe: lower light, better color. much deeper color in lower light, but also seems to make the plant more compact and deeper green.



- Phalaenopsis White Dream: lower light, smaller flowers. Growing in higher light (about 80-90 umol/m2/s) yielded smaller than expected blooms. This photo was of the first flower to open, subsequent ones were much, much smaller.



- Oncidium Heaven's Scent: higher light, better blooms. A light hog, the more light, the more flowers, more fragrant, more everything! It can take some direct afternoon sun for me.